Hard to believe that last week Journey’s Infinity had become thirty-six years old; I can still remember how fresh and exciting the album sounded when I first heard it. You May Also Like: How Journey Ended Its Underrated First Era With ‘Next’ Richard and Linda Thompson – ‘Shoot Out theRead More

Producer Kevin Shirley has worked with every Journey lead singer going back to Steve Perry, and there’s a reason for that: “He’s very, very musical,” says band co-founder Neal Schon. You May Also Like: Kevin Godley, “Hit the Street” from ‘Muscle Memory’ (2020): One Track Mind How Black Country Communion’sRead More

Steve Perry has been gone for far, far longer than he ever was actually in Journey.

Whatever the circumstances of his early passing, Ronnie Montrose’s music spoke to larger things — to outer-limits explorations on the guitar, to rafter-rearranging loudness, to fun. You May Also Like: Joe Satriani’s ‘Is There Love In Space?’ Showcased His Best (and Worst) Impulses Steve Smith: The Albums That Shaped MyRead More

Ask inductee Sammy Hagar who he thinks should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his answer comes quickly: “Journey; I want to stick up for Journey,” says Hagar, inducted as a member of Van Halen in 2007. You May Also Like: Why Complaints About Van Halen’sRead More

Steve Perry’s arrival with Journey in 1978 didn’t immediately translate into huge radio airplay, but co-founder Neal Schon says he could tell from the beginning that things were changing. You May Also Like: Katy Perry, December 4, 2017: Shows I’ll Never Forget How Journey Ended Its Underrated First Era WithRead More

Steve Perry’s arrival with Journey in 1978 has long been credited with sending the group toward platinum-selling superstardom. Turns out Queen had something to do with it, as well. You May Also Like: Ginger Baker (1939-2019): An Apprecation Yes, That’s Stephen Stills on One of the Bee Gees’ Biggest HitRead More

The initial reaction, and it’s perfectly reasonable, might be that we hardly need another version of this blooze-rocking Sammy Hagar concert staple. Journey’s Neal Schon provides a new wrinkle You May Also Like: Richard Turgeon, “You Always Believe” (2021): One Track Mind

Asked which band he thinks should join him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sammy Hagar says — without hesitation: Journey, the band Steve Perry spurred to chart heights just as Hagar joined Van Halen. You May Also Like: Why Complaints About Van Halen’s ‘A Different Kind ofRead More

“I was kind of blown away,” Neal Schon says of an offer to join Eric Clapton in one of the turn-of-the-1970s biggest bands.